End wall for railway cars



March 3, 1931.

E. SCHLESINGER END WALL FOR RAILWAY CARS Filed Nov. 6, 1929 Htzorne Patented Mar. 3, 1931 STATES PATE T OFFEQE EDGAR E. SCHLESINGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNION METAL PROD- UGTS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION'OF DELAWARE END \VALL FOR RAILWAY CARS Application filed November The object of the invention is to reinforce such a peak load extension to enable it to resist the shocks of the shifting lading caused by the sudden starting'or stopping of the car, by strengthening the metallic plate end wall by means of integral embossments or corruga- V tions.

In the drawings:

1 is a view of a railway car with my invention applied thereon.

2 is a partial side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. Sis a section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. i is a partial cross section and partial top plan of-Fig. 1.

Fig.5 is a cross section showing a modified form.

In the form illustrated the gondola car has side walls 2 and an end wall higher than. the side walls adjacent its middle and having sloping side top edges 3 merging into the top i of the side walls 2.

The end wall comprises a metallic plate secured to the side walls and formed with integral embossments or corrugations 6 extending substantially between the side walls and perferably terminating within the plate ('4') adjacent the side walls and other shorter embossments 8 positioned above the plane of the top of the side walls.

in this arrangement when the car is loaded to peak load the shock of the shifting peak load is carried by the shorter embossments or corrugations 8 to the top chord of the end wall and thence to the side wallsvof the car.

As the force of the shifting peak load is less than the force of the shifting load against the lower portion of the end wall theshorter corrugations may also be shallower.

. I prefer to position one of the embossments or corrugations 12 of the end wall in alignment with the upper edges 4 of the side walls.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not 6, 1929. Serial No. 405,122.

limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that Various modifications thereof within the scope of the claims will occur to persons skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. In an open top railway car having side walls and an end wall higher than said side walls, said end wall comprising a metallic plate secured to the side walls formed with integral embossments extending substantially between the side wallsand other shorter embossments positioned in the portion of the endwall above the side walls.

7 2. In an open top railway car having side walls and an end wall higher than said side walls, saidend wall comprising a metallic plate secured to the side walls formed with integral embossments extending substantially between the side walls and other shorter shallower embossments positioned in the portion of the end'wall above the side walls.

3. In an open top railway car having side walls and an end wall higher than said side walls, said end wall comprising a metallic plate secured to the side walls formed with integral embossments eXtending substantially between. the side walls and other shorter embossments positioned in the portion of the endwall above the side walls, one of said embossments being aligned with the upper edges of the side walls.

4-. In an open top railway car having side walls and an end wall higher than said side walls adjacent its middle and having sloping side top edges, said end wall comprising a metallic plate secured to the side walls formed with integral embossments extending substantially between the side walls and other shorter embossments positioned in the portion or". the end wall above the side walls and terminating within the plate adjacent said side top edges. e EDGAR E. SCI-ILESINGER. 

